Jharkhand Police arrested Man for killing 25-year-old woman

A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a woman in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a police officer said.

On December 30, police had recovered a half-naked body of a 25-year-old woman from a paddy field near Jogidaru forest under Muffasil police station of the district, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Sadar) Bahman Tuti said.

A case in this regard was registered against unidentified person under the relevant sections of



BNS.

Considering the severity of the case, the Superintendent of Police Amit Renu set up a special police team headed by the SDPO to investigate and initiate necessary action to apprehend the culprit.

In the course of the investigation, the team gathered evidence with the help of the technical cell and apprehended the accused, identified as Pradhan Purty alias Paltu of Jogidaru tola under Muffasil police station, the SDPO said.

Purty confessed his crime during interrogation, the SDPO said.